'A fit of absence of mind'? Empire and urban life in early non-fiction films (1895-1914)

TY - JOUR

T1 - 'A fit of absence of mind'? Empire and urban life in early non-fiction films (1895-1914)

AU - Cinquegrani, Maurizio

PY - 2011/11/1

Y1 - 2011/11/1

N2 - This article explores the cinematic representation of urban spaces in early films of East Asia and South Africa. It aims at demonstrating that early actuality films are an invaluable record of the economic, social, and cultural life of distant cities in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, but also that the spatial organization of the cities, and of the films' representations of them, were decisively shaped by the ideology and activity of imperialism.

AB - This article explores the cinematic representation of urban spaces in early films of East Asia and South Africa. It aims at demonstrating that early actuality films are an invaluable record of the economic, social, and cultural life of distant cities in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, but also that the spatial organization of the cities, and of the films' representations of them, were decisively shaped by the ideology and activity of imperialism.

U2 - 10.1080/17460654.2011.621322

DO - 10.1080/17460654.2011.621322

M3 - Article

VL - 9

SP - 325

EP - 336

JO - Early Popular Visual Culture

JF - Early Popular Visual Culture

IS - 4

ER -